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9 Oct 2007

Don't discard your pumpkin peels next time, just cook a delicious side dish..

IngredientsPumpkin skin 1 cup

Dry red beans 1 cup

Turmeric powder 1 tsp

Small onions chopped4

Coconut grated ½ cup

Garlic cloves crushed2 big

Green chillis 2

Curry leaves

Salt

Coconut oil

Mustard

How to prepareWash and chop pumpkin skin. Cook dry beans. When it is over, cook pumpkin peel with it adding little salt and water. Reduce water. Chop small onions, mix it with grated coconut, turmeric powder and curry leaves by crushing well with hands. Heat oil, splutter mustard seeds, and fry crushed garlic and green chillies, for few seconds add coconut mixture. Stir well for few seconds also. Add the cooked red beans, pumpkin peel preparation to this and mix well .check salt.

Hey Seena:Yesterday I bought 2 pumpkins as part of Halloween. Was wondering what to do with it. Now there isnt any leftovers, I can even use the skin. I guess my DH is getting scared of me. Finding recipes that he can not evn imagine. Wonder what he will tell about Pumpkin Skin. By the way isnt it hard?

I had bought a big pumpkin yesterday thinking of making mathanga vilayichathu! Today when I was cutting into pieces, I remembered about this post which I had read sometime back. So thinking of making this recipe tomorrow for lunch.! Thanks for the great idea. My dad simply loves dishes like this.

I needed some info, if you cna help me on it. Achan was telling they make chammanthi of mathanga. The part which is mushy inside the pumpkin is used after roasting it, it seems. He didnt know the ingredients. I tried google but couldnt find any helpful info. Have you heard of it? Thanks

Hi Shilpa,I think you had left a comment on sarkkara cake, right?About mathanga chammanthi, I have a recipe for that, but now am on vacation, so you have to wait for one month. Ok, let me check if it is with me, then I will mail you soon, insha Allah. Please leave a mssg to my email.We would eat pumpkin seeds even without roasting.. :)Let me check that too, I remember one freind told the same before.. Hope to see you soon, try out the peel recipe, When you told abt your Achan, it reminded me of my F, who inspires me much! :) Regards to your father..

Yeah, That was me who left a comment on carrot sharkara cake! :) It was my father's suggestion to try substitute jaggery instead of sugar. He prefers natural and traditional stuff and usually tries avoiding sugar even though he doesnt have Diabetes! He enjoys food, esply, the olden tastes! oops.. i mean, those dishes which they used to cook long time back in manchatti and all. He inspires me to learn cooking. :-) GLad to know that you get ur inspiration frm ur father too.

I have mailed u, do mail me if u have that recipe with u..

I am waiting... well, even if u dont have it with u now, i will wait.. jus a month na! ;)

We usually have some dry subji with chapathis. Well, I can have anything with chapathi ;)

We got a jackfruit today. When cleaning it, I remembered Achan telling that jackfruit's outer cover(we call it chakkede madal here) is cooked,after removing the thorny part. Though I didnt know how exactly it is cooked, I tried it with pumpkin peel recipe. Even that turned out well. It was juicy and li'l sweet. :-)

Shilpa, we too say the same for it! :)I have heard it is edible, but mostly we make thoran with raw jack fruit, not the big one, it is idichakka here.Don't know about the ripe one, have to check with mom.. :)Anyway, your idea to use it was good! :)Chakka season is coming , if I get such a recipe, surely will try out.. :)